"Kamehameha!"
"Spirit Bomb!"
"Ki Cannon!"
"Special Beam Cannon!"
Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Gohan each unleashed their signature moves, bombarding the monsters crawling out of the blood pool.
"Chiaotzu! Don't push yourself too hard!"
Tien looked over at his small companion, who was desperately firing his Dodon Ray at the incoming monsters.
"Don't worry, Tien-nii, I can handle it!"
Chiaotzu's expression was full of determination.
BOOM!
Suddenly, the Kame School's offensive was blocked by several shimmering barriers. Behind them stood human-sized robots made entirely of metal, each with a gun barrel for a right arm.
They opened fire with lasers at Krillin and the others.
The team quickly responded with their own energy blasts, only to discover that these robots' beams were just as powerful as their own!
Immediately after, a swarm of monsters ranging from ten to over a hundred meters tall surrounded them.
They attacked with punches, claw slashes, tail whips, stomps, charges, and even unleashed flames, lightning, and energy beams—creating a storm of explosions and smoke.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!
Krillin and the others shot up into the sky from the smoke, all of them looking extremely tense.
"They're strong! Each of them is at least as powerful as that bald Saiyan... maybe even stronger!" Yamcha assessed grimly.
"Damn it, if this whole horde is on that level, we absolutely can't let them get near the cities!" Tien said, his face serious as he began gathering ki.
"If we work together, we can win!" Gohan, pressing down the fear in his heart, showed a newfound courage—he was no longer the coward he once was.
The five of them once again released waves of energy, bombarding the monsters surrounding them.
Meanwhile, Goku was engaged in combat with a large cluster of monsters. With his strength, none of them posed a real threat.
"Kamehameha!!"
With one sweeping blast, Goku cleared a massive space in the tightly packed swarm of monsters.
"Whew… there's so many."
But even with this kind of efficiency, there was no time to relax. No matter how many monsters Goku defeated, more kept crawling out of the blood pool.
"At this rate, I'll be exhausted eventually. Not to mention the stamina drain from Super Saiyan is still a problem."
Goku glanced down at himself.
Although transforming into a Super Saiyan boosted his strength and speed fiftyfold, the form had its downsides.
It made him prone to losing control—and it lacked long-term endurance. There was still much room for improvement.
"Alright, then. I'll use this battle to explore ways to evolve this transformation!"
Despite the problems, Goku smiled confidently as always, staring down the monsters surrounding him from all directions.
"Now that I think about it… where's Piccolo? With his speed, he should've arrived by now."
Goku frowned. Something felt off. Piccolo still hadn't appeared on the battlefield.
Then he noticed a message appear on his screen—Piccolo had sent a transmission.
Piccolo: "Goku, I can't make it there right now."
Goku: "Huh?! What happened?!"
Piccolo: "Tch… just my luck. I've been surrounded by Siren Heads."
Goku: "What?!"
At that moment, Piccolo was deep in a desert, surrounded by more than a dozen Siren Heads glaring at him.
"Well, guess this is lucky. Since you all came to me, I won't have to hunt you down one by one. With Goku at the blood pool, he'll handle things there."
Piccolo spoke calmly as he removed his weighted training gear.
WOOOOOOO!!!
Suddenly, several Siren Heads unleashed deafening sonic waves that enveloped Piccolo like a storm, bombarding him with a relentless assault of noise.
"AAARGHHH!!!"
The sonic attack hit Piccolo's weakness—his acute hearing far exceeded that of humans, making him extremely sensitive to harsh sounds and noise.
In an instant, Piccolo lost his ability to act, clutching his head in agony.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A group of Siren Heads charged at him at high speed. Each of their steps caused intense tremors, leaving impact craters in their wake.
They closed in simultaneously, raining down punches on Piccolo's location. The desert floor shook violently under the barrage.
Punch after punch smashed deep into the earth, forming a large crater—a basin in the middle of the desert!
WOOOOM!!
Suddenly, a blinding light erupted from the bottom of the crater, followed by a monstrous shockwave like a volcanic eruption. The explosive force blew all the Siren Heads back.
"Damn it! Don't underestimate me!!"
Piccolo soared into the air, furious, glaring down at the Siren Heads.
Just then, one of the Siren Heads' bulbs began emitting an intense, scorching light.
Piccolo winced—he couldn't keep his eyes open from the blinding brightness.
Then, his body suddenly caught fire. Piccolo quickly used his energy to extinguish the flames.
But in the next second, another beam of light enveloped him—this one icy cold.
Piccolo was instantly frozen solid.
Moments later, the frozen sculpture trembled and shattered from the inside out—Piccolo broke free and rocketed back into the air.
"Take this!"
He began firing energy blasts at a rapid pace, a storm of ki raining down on the Siren Heads.
They didn't dodge. Instead, they stood still and took the attacks head-on.
But they underestimated the destructive power of Piccolo's attacks.
The relentless barrage caused the Siren Heads to lose their footing and fall, their bodies beginning to crack.
Then one of them grabbed a fellow Siren Head and hurled it at Piccolo.
With incredible strength, the airborne Siren Head flew toward Piccolo like a rocket.
Forced to stop his barrage and retreat, Piccolo simultaneously began charging energy in both hands.
At that moment, the flying Siren Head opened its mouth and spewed a black-purple gas, engulfing Piccolo.
Piccolo immediately released a blast of pressure to disperse the gas—but the next second, his vision became filled with ghostly images. Up and down flipped, and he couldn't see anything clearly. Agonizing pain seeped into his bones.
He fell from the sky, crashing to the ground.
As he landed, one Siren Head dropped to all fours. In its megaphone-shaped mouth, terrifying energy pulsed—this was the energy from Piccolo's earlier blast, which it had absorbed and compressed.
As Piccolo hit the ground, the Siren Head released a devastating flame pillar straight at him!
(End of Chapter)
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